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i can't speak this morning, and "early start's" john berman is with us. there are reports say armstrong is admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs after years and years of vehement denial. how far does his admission go? the interview will air on thursday. cnn's ed lavandera is live in austin, texas, what about the fallout in texas and around the country for lance armstrong now? >> reporter: i think everyone's trying to gauge just how much fallout there will be. we're here at a bike shop called mellow johnny's, not too far away from where the livestrong foundation is headquarters. lance armstrong is part owner of the bike shop. seven yellow jerseys hang on the wall back here, become a popular spot in downtown austin over the last few years but there's a lot of distancing going on, the livestrong foundation trying to make its own way without lance armstrong's footprint. it's how he confesses and body language, someone who hasn't been contrite over the last few years as he's battled the people who criticized him and accused him of using performance-en
i can't speak this morning, and "early start's" john berman is with us. there are reports say armstrong is admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs after years and years of vehement denial. how far does his admission go? the interview will air on thursday. cnn's ed lavandera is live in austin, texas, what about the fallout in texas and around the country for lance armstrong now? >> reporter: i think everyone's trying to gauge just how much fallout there will be. we're here...
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years ago, john, we decided to rebrand the lance armstrong foundation livestrong because we thought that someday something could happen, we wanted the foundation to live beyond one person. we wanted to live on its own and have its own brand and not be contingent on any one person including lance. >> some of the strongest denials were under oath but he's apparently not at risk for perjury charges because too many years have passed so his greatest challenge could be financial. not only are his endorsement deals dead he's in talks to return some of the reported $31 million in sponsorship money given to the team by the u.s. postal service. cnn's alison kosik is looking into that part of the story. >> reporter: good morning, carol, this involves in the tens of billions of dollars. the postal service has been pretty quiet about how much money it was spending to sponsor the cycling team but documents that espn and "the wall street journal" got a hold of show the usps spent about $32 million between 2001 and 2004. the post office is not commenting but it does say it's following the situation clo
years ago, john, we decided to rebrand the lance armstrong foundation livestrong because we thought that someday something could happen, we wanted the foundation to live beyond one person. we wanted to live on its own and have its own brand and not be contingent on any one person including lance. >> some of the strongest denials were under oath but he's apparently not at risk for perjury charges because too many years have passed so his greatest challenge could be financial. not only are...
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one family that will not be attending is that of john larimer, who died shielding his girlfriend from the gunfire. cnn's carol costello talked with his father earlier today. >> they didn't contact us directly. they went through another organization who invited us. and the family, we got together and chatted about it and decided that it wasn't appropriate for us to attend. >> and you also suggested that other families of victims and other victims boycott this special evening. >> yeah. we talked a little bit to some of the other families and agreed with them that this was not really the best way to handle the situation. >> according to the denver post, some 2,000 theater tickets will be handed out to victims, first responders and to hospital workers, counselors will also be available. >>> all right, oprah winfrey has called it the biggest interview she has ever done. sitting down with the man who was once called america's greatest sporting hero. now she says an admitted drug cheat. oprah appeared on cbs this morning to talk about what lance armstrong was like during that interview, went
one family that will not be attending is that of john larimer, who died shielding his girlfriend from the gunfire. cnn's carol costello talked with his father earlier today. >> they didn't contact us directly. they went through another organization who invited us. and the family, we got together and chatted about it and decided that it wasn't appropriate for us to attend. >> and you also suggested that other families of victims and other victims boycott this special evening....
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joe johns in the situation room today. hey, joe. >> hey, brooke. >>> happening now, president obama decides to go big on gun reform acting on his own and asking congress for reform that will be hard to pass. we'll hear part of oprah winfrey's reaction to lance armstrong's confession. plus, an exclusive look inside a lab that could save your life. see how close we are to a super vaccine to keep you from getting the flu for years. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." we begin now with a guessing game about what is in president obama's so called comprehensive proposals to cut down on gun violence. the president and vice president are set to unveil their plans tomorrow and even though officials are trying to keep the deal under wraps, we already know what is in the plan. jessica yellin has been working her sources and joins us live now. what do you know? >> joe, today vice president biden delivered his plan to the president just a month after the newtown shootings and among the top recommend
joe johns in the situation room today. hey, joe. >> hey, brooke. >>> happening now, president obama decides to go big on gun reform acting on his own and asking congress for reform that will be hard to pass. we'll hear part of oprah winfrey's reaction to lance armstrong's confession. plus, an exclusive look inside a lab that could save your life. see how close we are to a super vaccine to keep you from getting the flu for years. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm joe johns. you're in...